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Medusantha mollissima

Medusantha mollissima · Lamiaceae

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Form
shrub
Region
Brazil
Rated in
Global
On this lot

1. Fire evidence and conditions

Fire evidence
Mixed evidence — location does not change the cited classification.
Evidence regions
Global

2. Why this plant is relevant here

3. Legal, ecological, and broader status

How to read this page

The status above is computed from the cited rows below: independent recommendations can support a fire-resistant result, an avoid row can produce keep-away, and disagreement stays visible as conflict. Placement notes preserve each source’s own scheme rather than translating unlike rules into one scale. This is evidence about a plant, not permission to plant it in every part of the defensible space; Zone 0 remains noncombustible.

The evidence

Grouped by what each source concluded. Primary evidence rated the plant itself (a lab, field program, or original curation); corroboration compiled or republished another source's rating and resolves to its root lineage.

Listed without a rating (16)
Corroboration (16 rows from 1 source)
  • FLAMITS: FLAMmability plant traiTS database — Dryad / Global Ecology and Biogeography · Dryad version 9 · original source Corroboration Trait database lineage: meta-aggregator

    16 cited rows from this source; its identity, lineage and tier are stated once.

    • Primary study Zanzarini2022: Zanzarini, V., Andersen, A. N., & Fidelis, A. (2022). Flammability in tropical savannas: Variation among growth forms and seasons in Cerrado. Biotropica, 54, 979-987.

      Shared row context: plant part branches; fuel all; predrying yes; device grill; site Zanzarini2022-1; sampling ND.

      • Shared measurement context: Combustibility measurement.

        • “maximum sample temperature (°C): 47.2”

          FLAMITS record 15437.

        • “maximum sample temperature (°C): 32.94”

          FLAMITS record 15441.

        • “maximum sample temperature (°C): 32.94”

          FLAMITS record 15445.

        • “maximum sample temperature (°C): 104.4”

          FLAMITS record 15449.

      • Shared measurement context: Sustainability measurement.

        • “rate of burning spread (cm/s): 0.492”

          FLAMITS record 15438.

        • “rate of burning spread (cm/s): 0.374”

          FLAMITS record 15442.

        • “rate of burning spread (cm/s): 0.48”

          FLAMITS record 15446.

        • “rate of burning spread (cm/s): 0.488”

          FLAMITS record 15450.

      • Shared measurement context: Consumability measurement.

        • “estimated burnt biomass (%): 1.8”

          FLAMITS record 15439.

        • “estimated burnt biomass (%): 0.6”

          FLAMITS record 15443.

        • “estimated burnt biomass (%): 0.6”

          FLAMITS record 15447.

        • “estimated burnt biomass (%): 5”

          FLAMITS record 15451.

      • Shared measurement context: Integrated measurement.

        • “flammability index: 0.273124113”

          FLAMITS record 15440.

        • “flammability index: 0.195068798”

          FLAMITS record 15444.

        • “flammability index: 0.233198294”

          FLAMITS record 15448.

        • “flammability index: 0.39838725”

          FLAMITS record 15452.

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Last verified 2026-08-25. JSON (CC BY 4.0)

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Medusantha mollissima (Medusantha mollissima). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/medusantha-mollissima/. Last verified 2026-08-25.